2018 marks the 19th anniversary of Portsmouth Festivities. Each year, the Festivities celebrate the best of Portsmouth, and offer creative individuals and organisations the chance to showcase their work.

2018 marks the 19th anniversary of Portsmouth Festivities. Each year, the Festivities celebrate the best of Portsmouth, and offer creative individuals and organisations the chance to showcase their work.

Statistics recorded from August 2017 — the busiest month of the year for Wightlink Ferries — show that terminal improvements have made a significant difference to punctuality on the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route.

Specialist engineers from BAE Systems are working with the National Museum of the Royal Navy on a unique project to help preserve HMS Victory, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, for future generations.

Ahead of her first entry to Portsmouth, HMS Queen Elizabeth has met up with the USS George HW Bush and her carrier strike group off the coast of Scotland.

The Nimitz-class US carrier has more than 60 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines on board, who have been working with their US counterparts to hone carrier strike skills ahead of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s entry into service.

Summer is reaching its peak, and Portsmouth is busier than ever, with Southsea Common covered in classic cars, Palmerston Road thriving during the Love Southsea Market, iconic venues opening their doors for exclusive behind-the-scenes tours, the skies lit up with colour as Portsmouth Kite Festival returns, and the seafront shaken by Victorious Festival 2017.

A University of Portsmouth student is bound for the US in July 2017 for the global final of a professional design competition after beating thousands of other students in three rounds of the UK competition.

New Theatre Royal Portsmouth are receiving a grant of nearly £1million from Arts Council England, making the playhouse a key National Portfolio Organisation for arts investment in the south of England.